Is TikTok a good company to work for as a Machine Learning Engineer?

Machine Learning Engineer professionals working at TikTok have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 70 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of TikTok employees being 3.2 out of 5 stars. Search open Machine Learning Engineer Jobs at TikTok now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Machine Learning Engineer interview questions at TikTok .

Does TikTok pay Machine Learning Engineer employees well?

Machine Learning Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at TikTok with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 70 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 13% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Machine Learning Engineer salaries at TikTok.

How happy are Machine Learning Engineer professionals working at TikTok?

39% of Machine Learning Engineer employees at TikTok would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 13% in the past 12 months. Machine Learning Engineer professionals have also rated TikTok with a 2.4 rating for work-life-balance, 2.4 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.8 rating for culture and values and 3.8 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at TikTok?

Content Moderator (423) , Software Engineer (390) , Quality Analyst (216) , Product Manager (168) , Client Solutions Manager (164) , Account Manager (146) , Intern (122) , Brand Partnerships Manager (96) , Program Manager (96) , Data Scientist (84) , Manager (75) , Senior Software Engineer (75) , Project Manager (74) , Machine Learning Engineer (66) , Quality Assurance (57)

What are the pros of working at TikTok according to real employee reviews?

"Good benefits; especially healthcare as you can have your partners (married or not & lgbtq friendly) included in your insurance." ((in 633 reviews)); "Pay is good but it isn’t work the poor mental state the company will have you in" ((in 337 reviews)); "The people are great and at the top of their game" ((in 334 reviews)); "Salary is good and very comfortable" ((in 291 reviews)); "Colleagues are nice and working from home" ((in 234 reviews))

What are the cons of working at TikTok according to real employee reviews?

"No work life balance and the boss in China prefers to give guys in Singapore low performance review" ((in 399 reviews)); "Extended working hours" ((in 141 reviews)); "Bad plus managers here in the organisation" ((in 128 reviews)); "some orgs will expect you to work long hours and not mention it in interviews (working as late as 10PM or later)" ((in 124 reviews)); "No transparency in the project and leadership 4. Most of the project is managed by CN team." ((in 67 reviews))

TikTok Machine Learning Engineer reviews

3.6

39% would recommend to a friend

(70 total reviews)

Shou Zi Chew

62% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

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Machine Learning Engineer employees have rated TikTok with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 70 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Machine Learning Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. TikTok is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Machine Learning Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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70 reviews

5.0

Nov 14, 2025

TikTok is not all bad. It’s high team dependent

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

I love my team. I think in TikTok it is very very team dependent. Some teams are horrible some are really good. Generally people are really smart but some team can have horrible work culture such as micro managing your time don’t respect your off days etc. I would say it all depends on your team. If you manage to get into a good team and good leader even if the work is tough it’s a lot more manageable

Cons

The pace is definitely fast but good team helps to make it better. My team works hard but we also respect off days and weekend as much as we can.

4.0

Oct 27, 2025

Overall acceptable but expected poor WLB

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

quite a lot of challenges, and the colleagues are excellent

Cons

need to OT very often and meeting at night

5.0

Oct 6, 2025

MLE

Machine learning engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great team environment with great tech stacks.

Cons

Sometimes neet to respond late.

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